Non-Primary Residence Surcharge
A dated checklist for boards and managing agents
Ordered by when it has to happen rather than by how important it feels. The first three items are the ones with a date attached in the next few weeks.
Updated 2026-08-02.
The checklist
- Pull the supplemental market value roll the Department of Finance published on July 24, 2026 and identify which units in the building are listed as possibly subject, with their Phase One values. Do it unit by unit; share counts differ and so do the answers.
- Forward each notice to the affected shareholder immediately. The corporation is expected to pass notices along as soon as practicable, and the response clock does not pause while a notice sits with the agent.
- Track the response deadline per unit. The deadline is September 18, 2026 for every property type: the notices printed August 21 and August 24, and on August 1, 2026 the Department of Finance extended the application deadline for everyone who received a notice.
- Coordinate the response filings through the DOF portal at nyc.gov/npsurcharge. Each response uses the unique security code printed on that unit's own notice. Record what was filed for which unit and on what date.
- Document what the building sent to each shareholder and when it went out. If a shareholder later says no notice arrived, the building's record of forwarding is the only answer to that.
- Where the dispute is the value rather than the residency, calendar the Tax Commission deadline: March 1, 2027 for Class 2 condominium and cooperative units, on Form TC107? Confirm which units are on which track before anything is filed, because the two paths foreclose each other.
- Keep the file. The audit window runs six years and carries subpoena power, so the responses, the documents behind them, and the forwarding record all have a six-year shelf life.
Dates worth putting on the calendar now
| Date | What happens? |
|---|---|
| July 24, 2026 | The supplemental market value roll listing properties that may be subject, with Phase One values, was published. |
| August 1, 2026 | DOF extended the response deadline for everyone who received a notice, replacing the printed August 21 and August 24 dates. |
| September 18, 2026 | Response deadline, every property type. |
| December 31, 2026 | Final version of the roll addendum is due. |
| January 1, 2027 | First surcharge payment lands with the second semi-annual property tax installment. |
| March 1, 2027 | Tax Commission Form TC107 deadline for Class 2, or 30 days after a final determination, whichever is later. |
Two things that quietly go wrong
The first is a unit whose notice went to a mailing address the building has not updated, which burns the window before anyone at the building learns a response was needed. The second is a unit filed on the wrong track, where a value argument gets sent to the residency portal or a residency argument gets routed into a value protest that replaces the direct exemption application. Both are cheaper to prevent in July than to argue about in January. Which half of a co-op file belongs to the board and which belongs to the shareholder is set out in a practice note on the co-op response file.
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Keep reading
- What does the surcharge notice actually say?What does the NYC non-primary residence surcharge notice dated July 22, 2026 mean, what does it not mean, and which deadlines govern your response?
- The five ways a property is exemptThe five relationships that exempt a NYC property from the non-primary residence surcharge, and the documents the Department of Finance accepts as proof.
- Responding before the date on your noticeFiling the NYC non-primary residence surcharge response: the portal and security code, the documents DOF accepts, the deadline, and the appeal paths.
- The questions owners actually askPlain answers on the NYC non-primary residence surcharge: what it is, the rates and thresholds, LLC and tenant exemptions, deadlines, and appeal options.
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